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OCR: In 1939 the US Army decided that it needed new type of military vehicle small truck with many everyday practical uses It had to be quick and easy to produce and fairly lightweight, but with four-wheel drive sysi tem to enable it to negotiate difficult terrain. The jeep was finally launched on 10th June 1939. It had only taken 75 days to develop but was great success. Over 585 000 were made and TIME distribu ted during the Second World War, and they are still manufactured today At the end of the war the Rover MAP car company saw that the vehicle had potential pe acetime uses and the first Land Rover soon rolled off the producti on line TOPIC WRAC in Germany JEEF OFF ON CD INFO NOTES BACK STORIES system launcheo manu factured potentia